Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Kilgarvan, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilgarvan
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.50404, -9.54026
- SMR number
- KE005-054----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Internal diameter 30m N-S, E-W
Situated SW of KE005-055----, this univallate rath has a fieldbank running immediately N. The circular inner area, which is very overgrown, is enclosed by an earthen bank 5m wide and raised 1m above the interior and 1.2m above the fosse. The enclosing fosse is c 1.4m in width and .4m deep. The interior is gently sloping S.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 292. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 2 August 2013
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.